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Oxford Mathematics
Mathematics is the engine behind Science in the 21st Century. It has both an inherent logic and beauty while also providing the structure and models from which physicists, chemists, biologists, medics, engineers, economists and social scientists build an understanding of our world and construct the tools to improve our lives.
Mathematics in Oxford embraces this power and diversity by combining its pure and applied mathematicians in one department and one building, ensuring collaborations both within and beyond Oxford.
The department has around 250 staff on the main payroll (including over 100 faculty members). Teaching is central to the life of the department, and there are around 950 undergraduate students (including joint courses with other subjects), around 250-300 graduate students, and around 250 Masters students across 5 programmes.
The Mathematical Institute is part of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division at the University of Oxford. The division is home to the non-medical sciences at Oxford, spanning the full spectrum of the mathematical, computational, physical, engineering and life sciences.